During long transport in fluvial systems the ESR (EPR) signal in quartz grains is sufficiently reduced to allow the determination of the age of sedimentation.
Reconstruction of river systems
Dating of terraces
Determination of glacial cycles
Age of faunal assemblages when applied to tooth enamel
Voinchet P, Despriée J, Tissoux H, Falguères C, Bahain JJ, Gageonnet R, Dépont J & Dolo JM (2010) ESR chronology of alluvial deposits and first human settlements of the Middle Loire Basin (Region Centre, France). Quaternary Geochronology 5, 381-384.
ESR dating results of river terraces (from Voinchet et.al., 2010)